Mikael Hedelind, ABB, Prospects of Ontologies in Industrial Robotics, Experiences from Collaboration Projects.
Jürgen Bock, Kuka, Ontology-based knowledge representation in robotics. Potentials and challenges from the KUKA point of view. This presentation illustrates the potentials and challenges of using ontologies in robotics from the KUKA Corporate Research point of view. The benefits ontologies bring are seen as twofold: The logic underpinning as enabler of knowledge-based robot operation on the one hand, and the ability to share knowledge with other components in cyber-physical production systems on the other hand. Industrial applications impose several challenges that need to be addressed in order benefit from ontology-based knowledge representation.
Nadia Ahmed, FZI, Utilizing Ontological Axioms for a Flexible Specification of Template-based Robotic Applications In this talk, we present a solution from the ReApp project, that allows robotic software developers to build complex robot applications in more flexible ways by utilizing ontological semantics and application templates. We briefly introduce the domain ontologies developed in the project and show how ontological semantics can be used for the axiomatic expression of component features. We also show how these descriptions can be used for building application templates in which 3rd party components can be dynamically integrated based on a semantic description of their functionalities using a placeholder concept. This allows software developers to specify required functionalities of external components at design time of their application and use formal reasoning for inferring recommendations of suitable components.
Jacek Malec, ULund, Lund Industrial Robot Skill Ontology In this talk I will present the development of industrial robot skills ontology across a number of European projects, notably SIARAS, Rosetta, SMErobotics and SARAFun.
Tamas Haidegger, IEEE ORA WG, Robot ontology standards The rise of service robots forecasts a human–robot collaborative society. One of the robotics community’s major tasks is to streamline development trends, work on the harmonization of taxonomies and ontologies, along with the standardization of terms, interfaces and technologies. These efforts support the collaboration among research groups, and lead to widely accepted standards, beneficial for both manufacturers and users. This talk argues for developing robotics ontologies and standards, and reviews the current initiatives coming from the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society’s working group on Ontologies for Robotics and Automation and the ISO/IEC joint working group initiatives. These efforts aim to promote cutting edge technology, to connect the developers and link them to the users of these services.
